Thread: TX: Mexican national admits to assaulting border agent

Mexican national admits to assaulting border agent
By Jeremy Roebuck, The Monitor
March 4, 2008 - 2:37PM
McALLEN -- A 28-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year during a failed arrest attempt.

Juan Carlos Gonzalez Garcia, of Villa De Ramos, S.L.P., Mexico, faces up to 20 years in prison for the attack which left the agent with a fractured left shoulder.

He told authorities he was one of three men in a pick-up truck stopped on Dec. 13 just outside of Roma, according to court documents.

But when agents discovered he was in the country illegally and tried to arrest him, Gonzalez resisted, knocking himself and the arresting agent to the ground. The impact injured the federal law enforcement officer.

Authorities arrested Gonzalez nearby a short time later. He has remained in custody since his arrest.

Gonzalez was previously detained and deported in August 2006, after entering the United States illegally through Laredo.

In 2005, he served 10 months in a U.S. federal prison for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States.

Assaults on Border Patrol agents patrolling the nation's Southwestern border continue to rise as the nation takes a tougher stance on illegal immigration.

During fiscal year 2007, the agency reported a total of 987 attacks with weapons including rocks, vehicles, guns and Molotov cocktails, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics. That number marks a substantial increase over 2006's total of 752.

But incidents of violence in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, a region that extends from Brownsville to Roma, have remained relatively few and minor, according to agency reports.

If convicted, Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. He awaits sentencing at a June 6 hearing.
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A 28-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year during a failed arrest attempt.

He may be a Mexican national but in this country he is an ILLEGAL ALIEN.

Authorities arrested Gonzalez nearby a short time later. He has remained in custody since his arrest.

Gonzalez was previously detained and deported in August 2006, after entering the United States illegally through Laredo.

In 2005, he served 10 months in a U.S. federal prison for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States.

This is his 3rd strike---how many times has he entered without being caught?

"The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence." Article IV Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.